Feeling nostalgic? Enter jsSID

byMikey McCorryon21 March, 2016

jsSID is a javascript-only implementation of the SID chip, used in the Commodore 64 to play music and sound effects.

jsSID is a javascript-only implementation of the SID chip, used in the Commodore 64 to play music and sound effects. Hearing music from the SID gives me an immediate sense of recognition and nostalgia, so it's been fun checking out how close javascript and the new Web Audio API can get to emulating that classic sound. It's not 100%, but it's a great approximation.